Don't blame unions

It doesn't surprise me that anti-union pundits blame the Big Three troubles on union workers. Forget that the automakers are sitting on loads of inventory that they can't sell. Disregard that workers had no control over the Big Three's decisions to continue to make models that the public wasn't buying. Cast aside the fact that non-union foreign cars cost just as much or more as American-made cars.

The industry that produces one of the last things that we still build in America is worth saving -- without the babbling attacks on unions. Unionized factories helped in the war effort during World War II. We can't afford to lose those factories and the technical skills that produce what America needs. But some are ignoring this to pursue their anti-union agenda. The U.S. is strongest when we have a thriving middle class that allows our country to be self-sufficient. And we are weakest when the middle class shrinks, the economy nosedives and America's factories lie empty. Let's not blame America' s troubles on unionized workers.